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The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration. (Catherine the Great )
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. (Catherine the Great )
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But. (Catherine the Great )
Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing. (Catherine the Great )
Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you. (Catherine the Great )
To say, well done to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge. (Catherine the Great )
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. (Catherine the Great )
How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel. (Catherine the Great )
Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover. (Catherine the Great )
One should use praise to recognize what one is not. (Catherine the Great )
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names. (Catherine the Great )
By recognizing a favorable opinion of yourself, and taking pleasure in it, you in a measure give yourself and your peace of mind into the keeping of another, of whose attitude you can never be certain. You have a new source of doubt and apprehension. (Catherine the Great )
It takes so little to make people happy. Just a touch, If we know how to give it, just a word fitly spoken, a slight readjustment of some bolt or pin or bearing in the delicate machinery of a soul. (Catherine the Great )
Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth! (Catherine the Great )
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A you can do it when things are tough. (Catherine the Great )
The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working. (Catherine the Great )
When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new. (Catherine the Great )
Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise. (Catherine the Great )
There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man. (Catherine the Great )
We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad. (Catherine the Great )
If you treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. (Catherine the Great )
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